Anybody Bought a NEW 3200 YET???

[LBrown59]

YES, I just purchased a b3200, with loader, 5ft. bucket, 5ft. power snow blade, and 5 ft. mower. Taking delivery after the snow blade attachment comes in. I will let everyone know when it arrives. I was going to get a L3540, You know, bigger is better! but I only have 2.5 acres so I went for the b3200, It should be plenty for my needs.

AH HA here it is the first one,

 

[lawn_king]

Doe's the extra hp now make the 3200 the top of the B line, or does the B3030 retain that tidle with all the bells & whistles?

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

depends what you consider top.. its 32Hp, but lacks some features that the 30Hp B3030 has.

 

[Northland]

YES, I just purchased a b3200, with loader, 5ft. bucket, 5ft. power snow blade, and 5 ft. mower. Taking delivery after the snow blade attachment comes in. I will let everyone know when it arrives. I was going to get a L3540, You know, bigger is better! but I only have 2.5 acres so I went for the b3200, It should be plenty for my needs.

Congrats Rick-I am sure you will be delighted with the B3200

 

[bandit67]

depends what you consider top.. its 32Hp, but lacks some features that the 30Hp B3030 has.

Yeah, I guess I'd still consider the B3030 the top of the B lineup, as it is the deluxe model.

I can't imagine the B3200 will be lacking in HP for anyone though. I have yet to find that I need more hp with my B3030, and I'm using it at 8500' above sea level. It seems extremely powerful for it's size, so the B3200 must be quite the monster, especially for you guys down at sea level.

 

[ChuckinNH]

I noticed this morning that the "build your own" option, and other info for the B3200, and new BX models is up on Kubota's web site now.

One thing I noticed is that the BH76 backhoe only has a 150 degree swing arc instead of 180 like the BH75 that was available with the B7800, and is available for the B3030. From experience with the BX I had, that makes positioning more critical.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

thats due to the single seat design, and the boom being tighter to the rear of the tractor. Thats the trade off for better balance.

 

[Charlton John]

Congrats Rick and welcome to TBN, dont forget to share some pics

 

[B3200]

I wish I bought this b3200 last week, we just got 12" of snow today.

 

[bandit67]

thats due to the single seat design, and the boom being tighter to the rear of the tractor. Thats the trade off for better balance.

I don't know that I buy that argument. The true TLB's all have the single seat design, and the boom tighter to the rear of the tractor, and they still have the 180* swing built in to them.

I think it's more about overall cost saving measures worked into the design of the standard B's than anything else. It would have cost more in both design and probably steel to get the 180* swing on the new standard B TLB's, and it probably wasn't 'cost effective' at that price point.

That being said, I did have an issue with the 150* swing on the BX22 I logged a bunch of hours on, and much prefer and appreciate the 180* I now have. So far, on my sloping property, the balance and stability of my TLB setup has been very impressive. I don't know if Kubota would even be able to get the boom 6" closer than they did if they redesigned my machine with the similar single seat backhoe setup as the new B's. I'm sure they could tuck it in a bit more, but they did a pretty good job of making it fairly compact as it is.